Science Photosynthesis Chapter Eight Vocab

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autotroph

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organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds

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heterotroph

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organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes

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ATP

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one of the principal chemical compounds that living things use to store and release energy

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photosynthesis

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process by which plants and some organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and sugurs

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pigment

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light absorbing molecule

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chlorophyll

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principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms; captures light energy

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thlakoid

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saclike photosynthetic membrane found in chloroplasts

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photosystem:

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light collecting units of the chloroplasts

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stroma

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region outside the thylakoid membranes in chloroplasts

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NADP+

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one of the carrier molecules that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules

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light dependent reactions

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reatctions of photosynthesis that uses energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH

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ATP synthase

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large protein that uses energy form H+ ions to bind ADP and a phosphate group together to produce ATP

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Calvin Cycle

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reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH are used to build high energy compounds such as sugurs.